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Olympic Stadium [1] (French: Stade olympique, pronounced [stad ɔlɛ̃pik]) is a multi-purpose stadium in Montreal, Canada, located at Olympic Park in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district of the city. Built in the mid-1970s as the main venue for the 1976 Summer Olympics , it is nicknamed "The Big O", a reference to both its name and to the ...
The stadium is named after Lluís Companys, the president of Catalonia during the Spanish Civil War. With its current capacity of 54,367 seats [ 1 ] (67,007 during the 1992 Olympics), it is the sixth-largest stadium in Spain and the second largest in Catalonia.
An Olympic stadium is the site of the opening and closing ceremonies. Many, though not all, of these venues actually contain the words Olympic Stadium as part of their names, such as stadiums in Amsterdam, Berlin, Helsinki and Paris. Olympic Stadium may also be named a multi-purpose stadium which hosts Olympic sports. [1]
National Olympic Stadium may refer to: Olympic Stadium (Phnom Penh) Dinamo Stadium (Minsk) National Olympic Stadium (Tokyo) This page was last edited on 3 ...
The Olympic Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium built in the mid-1970s as the main venue for the 1976 Summer Olympics, it is nicknamed "The Big O", a reference to both its name and to the doughnut shape of the permanent component of the stadium's roof. [1] The stadium is the largest by seating capacity in Canada.
The stadium in 1936 Interior view from the Marathon Gate, showing the Olympic cauldron In 1931, the International Olympic Committee selected Berlin to host the 11th Summer Olympics . Originally, the German government decided merely to restore the earlier Olympiastadion of 1916, with Werner March again retained to do this.
Exterior view of Olympic Stadium. Located in the suburb of Marousi in Athens, the Olympic Stadium was originally designed in 1980 and built in 1980–1982.At over 75,000 capacity, it became the biggest football and track stadium in Greece, well surpassing Thessaloniki's Kaftanzoglio Stadium, which stood at just below 45,000 capacity at the time, following the nationwide renovations after the ...
The Olympic Stadium (Dutch: Olympisch Stadion, Dutch pronunciation: [oːˈlɪmpiˌstaːdijɔn]) is a sporting venue which was used as the main stadium for the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. The venue is currently used mostly for athletics, other sports events and music concerts. When completed, the stadium had a capacity of 31,600.